Kasugai

Sister cities

• Kelowna

History

The area which is now Kasugai contains many Kofun period burial mounds. During the Edo period, the area was mostly part of the holdings of Owari Domain. With the Meiji period establishment of the modern municipalities system, the area was organized into villages under Higashikasugai District, including the village of Kachigawa on October 1, 1889. Kachigawa was raised to town status on July 25, 1900. On June 1, 1943, Kachigawa was merged with neighboring villages of Toriimatsu and Shinogi to form the city of Kasugai, and in 1958, Kasugai annexed the neighboring towns of Sakashita and Kōzōji. Kasugai gained special city status on April 1, 2001, with increased local autonomy.

Geography

Kasugai is located in northwest Aichi Prefecture, north of the Nagoya metropolis, in the northern Nōbi Plain. The Shōnai River flows through the southern portion of the city. The city has a climate characterized by hot and humid summers, and relatively mild winters (Köppen climate classification Cfa). The average annual temperature in Kasugai is 15.8 °C. The average annual rainfall is 1681 mm with September as the wettest month. The temperatures are highest on average in August, at around 28.2 °C, and lowest in January, at around 4.3 °C. Per Japanese census data, the population of Kasugai has increased rapidly over the past 70 years with the 1960s being the fastest growing decade. ;Aichi Prefecture *Inuyama *Komaki *Nagoya (Kita-ku, Moriyama-ku) *Seto *Toyoyama ;Gifu Prefecture *Tajimi

Most-observed species

• Brown-eared Bulbul

  Hypsipetes amaurotis (Temminck, 1830) · Aves
  6,012
• Eurasian Tree Sparrow

  Passer montanus (Linnaeus, 1758) · Aves
  4,953
• Carrion Crow

  Corvus corone Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  4,678
• Large-billed Crow

  Corvus macrorhynchos Wagler, 1827 · Aves
  4,544
• Oriental Turtle-Dove

  Streptopelia orientalis (Latham, 1790) · Aves
  4,113
• Japanese White-eye

  Zosterops japonicus Temminck & Schlegel, 1845 · Aves
  3,397
• White-cheeked Starling

  Spodiopsar cineraceus (Temminck, 1835) · Aves
  3,136
• White Wagtail

  Motacilla alba Linnaeus, 1758 · Aves
  3,002

Most recent

• M 4.1 — 2025-08-24
  21 km S of Ikeda, Japan
• M 4.8 — 2025-07-31
  8 km N of Toba, Japan
• M 4.3 — 2025-05-29
  20 km SE of Takayama, Japan
• M 4.4 — 2025-04-08
  4 km E of Nishio, Japan
• M 4.1 — 2025-02-09
  5 km N of Toba, Japan
• M 4.4 — 2024-11-04
  27 km ENE of Katsuyama, Japan